Home Sweet Home.

The moment Alec laid eyes on the mage who had arrived, he exhaled in relief, finally, someone familiar was here, and this humiliating ordeal was about to end.

“We greet Sir Steven. This—” the five city guards greeted in unison, with the lead guard attempting to explain the situation, however, Steven simply raised his hand, cutting him off before he could say more.

“You can all leave now. I’ll handle this from here,” Steven ordered, motioning for Alec and his group to follow him.

“Welcome back home,” Steven said as they walked through the city hall’s huge compound, Alec and his companions trailing behind. With a city guardian escorting them, no other city guards dared to stop or challenge them until they reached the city hall gates.

“Steven, I’ll admit it’s good to see you doing well, you’ve even managed to become a city guardian, that’s impressive but I still don’t understand why that guard treated me so poorly,” Alec said, narrowing his eyes at Steven.